Bay Area SFSU lecturers file grievances on handling of Palestinian militant By Gabe Stutman Jun 14, 2022 Two San Francisco State University faculty members outspoken about the Palestinian cause and sharply critical of Israel have filed grievances through their union alleging mistreatment and censorship…
California Is there more to L.A. restaurant attack than meets the eye? By Meghann M. Cuniff, Forward Jul 13, 2021 Xavier James Pabon is a 30-year-old Puerto Rican father who decided to join a protest against Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip after his boss showed him pictures of dead Palestinian children being…
Bay Area Tech companies block Leila Khaled event at SFSU for a second time By Gabriel Greschler Apr 23, 2021 The Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies program at San Francisco State University was blocked from hosting an event planned for today at noon featuring a former Palestinian hijacker…
Bay Area Second S.F. State event with hijacker Khaled alarms Jewish groups By Gabe Stutman Apr 15, 2021 A program in Muslim and Arab studies at San Francisco State is again attempting to present an online forum featuring a Palestinian militant who participated in two airplane hijackings, and is again…
Bay Area Congressman calls for criminal investigation after Khaled talk at S.F. State By Gabriel Greschler Oct 12, 2020 A Colorado congressman is calling for an investigation of San Francisco State University, its president and two professors for their involvement in facilitating a virtual event that featured…
Bay Area S.F. Hillel hosts vigil to counter Khaled event By Gabriel Greschler Sep 24, 2020 Hours after Zoom, Facebook and YouTube deplatformed a San Francisco State University virtual event on Sept. 23 featuring Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled, the local Hillel chapter hosted a 45-minute…
Bay Area Leila Khaled event, briefly hosted on YouTube, is taken down By Gabriel Greschler Sep 23, 2020 Updated: 4:40 p.m., Sept. 23, 2020 After livestreaming for about 23 minutes on YouTube, today’s roundtable conversation from San Francisco State University featuring Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled…
Bay Area Zoom will not host S.F. State event featuring Leila Khaled By Gabriel Greschler Sep 22, 2020 Zoom announced late Tuesday afternoon that San Francisco State University will not be allowed to use its videoconferencing platform to host an event Wednesday featuring Palestinian hijacker Leila…
Letters Leila Khaled at S.F. State; antisemitism in ethnic studies; etc. By J. Readers Sep 21, 2020 Let’s all boycott SFSU San Francisco State University has scheduled a Zoom event with Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled (“Jewish groups condemn plans for Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled to speak…
Education S.F. State president on invitation to hijacker and academic freedom By Gabriel Greschler Sep 21, 2020 An upcoming virtual event at San Francisco State featuring Palestinian militant Leila Khaled, who hijacked two planes in 1969 and 1970 as a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine…
Bay Area Leila Khaled event at S.F. State gets Israeli Knesset’s attention By Gabe Stutman Sep 17, 2020 After drawing outrage from Bay Area Jewish organizations, an upcoming video event hosted by San Francisco State professors featuring a Palestinian militant who hijacked two commercial airliners has…
Bay Area Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled to speak at S.F. State By Gabriel Greschler Sep 4, 2020 A San Francisco State University invitation to Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled to speak at a virtual event this month is roiling Bay Area Jewish organizations. Khaled, 76, was a key player in two…
Bay Area Coordinator of Jewish life, mandated by legal settlement, is out at SFSU By Gabe Stutman Feb 25, 2020 A newly created Student Affairs position at San Francisco State University, meant to serve as a resource for Jewish students, is vacant less than a year after it was first filled. Sasha Joseph, a…
Letters Iran Deal bad; ethnic studies bad; Tikkun olam good; etc. By J. Readers Jan 23, 2020 Iran deal has serious flaws Your well-intended editorial (“Let’s dial down U.S.-Iran tension while there’s still time”) reflected a deep reluctance to examine the serious shortcomings of the “Iran…
Bay Area Trump order could bolster anti-Semitism complaint involving S.F. State professor By Gabe Stutman Jan 8, 2020 President Trump’s executive order on combating anti-Semitism, signed last month, could strengthen a Jewish student’s case against UCLA alleging anti-Semitic discrimination, according to Carly…
Bay Area New SFSU president takes measured view of Israel fray By Gabe Stutman Nov 7, 2019 On her first day as president of San Francisco State University, Lynn Mahoney found herself in the middle of a simmering Israel controversy. Mahoney took office the week of July 15, becoming the…
Bay Area Jewish groups allege SFSU professor's Facebook posts violate state law By Gabriel Greschler Sep 6, 2019 Eighty Jewish groups are signatories on a letter alleging that San Francisco State University associate professor Rabab Abdulhadi is violating California law by using a Facebook page that is…
Bay Area Palestinian SFSU prof’s lawsuit alleges discrimination, JCRC influence By Rob Gloster Jan 31, 2019 A San Francisco State University professor who was targeted in a previous lawsuit filed by Jewish students has filed her own lawsuit, accusing school administrators of harassment and discrimination…
Bay Area Judge dismisses S.F. State anti-Semitism suit By Rob Gloster Nov 1, 2018 A federal judge has formally dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of Jewish students and community members who claimed they were victims of systemic anti-Semitism at San Francisco State University.…
Bay Area Les Wong exit interview: wishes he had been ‘more prepared’ By Rob Gloster Oct 22, 2018 Leslie Wong says he has not yet decided what he’ll do after retiring as president of San Francisco State University next July. Maybe he’ll teach, or do some writing, or just enjoy doting on his eight…
Israel on Campus Judge inclined to dismiss amended SFSU anti-Semitism suit By Rob Gloster Aug 8, 2018 Updated Aug. 9 A federal judge said he is inclined to dismiss an amended suit filed by a group of Jewish students and community members who claimed they were victims of systemic anti-Semitism at San…
Israel on Campus California State chancellor disavows prof’s anti-Zionist post By Dan Pine Mar 28, 2018 California State University Chancellor Timothy White said this week he would “explore all appropriate options” in response to a San Francisco State University professor who on Facebook described…
Letters Poland puts survivors at risk; gun numbers don't lie By J. Readers Mar 9, 2018 Polish law puts survivors at risk for telling the truth While no one should falsely accuse Poles of crimes committed by Nazi Germany in Poland, there were many non-Jewish Poles who collaborated…
Israel on Campus Hillel students not impressed with SFSU president’s latest apology By Sue Fishkoff Feb 23, 2018 San Francisco State University President Leslie Wong this morning apologized to Jewish students and faculty in a campus-wide email that Hillel students say doesn’t go far enough to address their…
Bay Area Jewish group vows to refile suit against SFSU By Rob Gloster Nov 15, 2017 Updated 5:10 p.m., Nov. 15 to include plaintiffs’ intent to amend their complaint. A group of Jewish students and community members whose lawsuit alleges systemic anti-Semitism at San Francisco…